Enhancing the Outcoupling of Light from OLED Displays Without Loss of Resolution

Dr. Robert Visser, Managing Director of Advanced Chemistry and Materials at the Advanced Technology Group at Applied Materials, Inc.

Presentation Abstract

New methods are being developed to significantly enhance the outcoupling of light from OLED displays from now ~20% to potentially 70% without compromising the resolution of the display. The work is being performed in close collaboration with Professor CC Wu’s group at National Taiwan University and our group at Applied Materials.

Results of simulations will be shown, backed up by the first experimental results which show a 50% improvement over state of the art pixels, while adding new layers will improve the enhancement even further.

Dr. Robert Visser, Managing Director of Advanced Chemistry and Materials at the Advanced Technology Group at Applied Materials, Inc.

Dr. Robert Visser is Managing Director of Advanced Materials and Displays for the Corporate CTO Group at Applied Materials, Inc. He is responsible for creating business opportunities in new and adjacent markets related to future displays, AR and VR, advanced IC packaging, as well as materials and technologies for Quantum Information Technology.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Visser has pioneered research and commercialization of display technologies related to thin film transistors, LCD materials, barrier films (including encapsulation materials), OLED and flexible displays. Prior to joining Applied, he was CTO of Vitex Systems, where he guided the company through conceiving and demonstrating the feasibility of multi-layer thin film encapsulation technology, to the industrialization of its manufacturing equipment and transformation into a technology licensing company. Dr. Visser also spent 18 years in various roles at Philips Research, including CEO and CTO of the PolyLED business. He received a special award from SID in 2016 for his work on OLED and Thin Film Encapsulation.

Dr. Visser holds a master’s degree in theoretical organic chemistry and physics, and a PhD in physical and organic chemistry, both from Leiden University, Netherlands.